Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 1989, 12:24 AM CDT for Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1989, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Maury, TN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBNA 040525
TORBNA
TNC101-119-040600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1224 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
...EASTERN LEWIS...MAURY
THE SHERRIFF AT HICKMAN COUNTY AND THE SHERRIFF AT LEWIS COUNTY
REPORT A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF HOHENWALD TENNESSEE MOVING EAST.
THE STORM RESPONSIBLE WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY AND
INTO WESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE aOF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 10:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1000 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 2 AM CDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST ENTERING STEWART AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1100 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 2 AM CDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST ACROSS MONTGOMERY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND CONTINUED INTO WEST TENNESSEE TO NEAR JACKSON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE. GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Wilson | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | White | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 31 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.